Wednesday, 25 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have to ask the leave of the House to be absent on Monday, 20th April, and the following day. I have been invited, together with the Presidents of the Parliaments of all the Member States of...
Second Reading deferred till Wednesday, 8th April.
asked the Secretary of State for Air how much space the TSR2 will require for landing.
asked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent flights of aircraft loaded with nuclear bombs are still continuing over United Kingdom territory.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will state in sterling value the average weekly wage being paid to the labourers working at the Royal Air Force staging post on Gan Island.
asked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent the Education Branch of the Royal Air Force is undermanned overall; and how many redundancies there are in the rank of wing commander and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many men are being made redundant at Stoke Heath Royal Air Force Station; what steps are being taken to offer them alternative employment; and if, in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has now had an opportunity of completing his study of the text of the recent statement by General Thomas White, United States Air Force Chief of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consider raising the present speed limit of 30 miles-per-hour for cars with light trailers.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will now state whom he proposes to appoint as Chairman of the London Transport Executive in succession to Sir John Elliot; and which...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of goods vehicle licences which were revoked or suspended, respectively, for offences committed under the Road Traffic Acts during...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is now ready to make regulations with regard to direction indicators; or when he expects to be in a position to do so.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will ensure that as far as possible the siting of official stopping places for public service vehicles does not contravene the advice...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in considering the future of the Forth and Clyde Canal, he will give due regard to the importance of this canal to those fishermen with...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is satisfied that the swing bridge linking Canvey Island with the mainland is safe for vehicular traffic; how frequently the bridge...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give priority to the elimination of the bottleneck at the railway level crossing at Malton on the Scarborough-York road, in view of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) from what sources outside his Department he has received advice on protective headgear designed to minimise injury to the head in road accidents;
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is now able to announce the date upon which the construction of a second carriageway of the trunk road A.40 over the Bucks-Middlesex...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will introduce greatly reduced speeds on main roads during the peak periods, when people cross in large numbers and when children must...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will treat as a matter of urgency the need for the completion of the new trunk road which will relieve the main road through Trent Vale,...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many bridges have been relieved of toll payments since 1st January, 1955.
Mr. T. Williams: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made on the Doncaster by-pass road; how many workers are at present employed on the undertaking; and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, in response to requests from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the local road safety committees, he will now give some...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he proposes to make a decision with regard to the commencement of work on the portion of the London-Yorkshire motorway in Leicestershire in...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he has considered the recommendation of the jury at the inquest upon the four men who lost their lives through the accident on the new high...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress is being made in extending the parking-meter scheme to other parts of the West End and the City of London.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what further progress has been made with the proposal to reconstruct Hyde Park Corner, Park Lane and Marble Arch.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will now announce the date when he will authorise the scheme for the second part of the Birmingham Inner Ring Road.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what further information he will now give concerning the present position with regard to the duplication of Blackwall Tunnel.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reply he has sent to the letter of 6th March, 1959, sent to him by the Town Clerk, Liverpool, with reference to the refusal of the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) if the precise line of the Eastern Avenue Extension, through the borough of Leyton, has now been decided; and whether a public inquiry will...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in view of the proposed increased expenditure on road development and the resulting increase in the number of cars using the roads, what...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what sample counts have been made in respect of traffic increase now, compared with five years and one year ago, passing Whipps Cross, Leyton.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many miles of trunk road will be laid down under the present road programme.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how much money has been spent in the last eight years on the London to Colchester road; and what are the comparable figures for the London to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what plans he has for installing traffic signals at the junction of Harrow Road, Wembley, with Bridgewater Road and District Road.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation on what basis he estimates the Victoria Line would operate at a loss of £3 million a year; and to what extent that sum includes interest on...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, whenever alterations are made in the authorised extents of airways, he will ensure that such alterations do not become effective till...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will now make a statement about the proposed London-Moscow air service.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) whether he is aware that the Chief Inspector of Accidents, in breach of the provisions of Regulation 7 (5) of the Civil Aviation...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what proposals he is now considering for the future recruitment and training of civil air transport pilots; and when he expects to make a...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for the first week after the Easter Recess?
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement about the visits which my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary and I have paid to Paris and Bonn. Ottawa and Washington. I...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
House to meet Tomorrow at Eleven o'clock; no Questions to be taken after Twelve o'clock; and at Five o'clock Mr. Speaker to adjourn the House without putting any Question.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That this House, at its rising Tomorrow, do adjourn till Tuesday, 7th April.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
4.30 p.m.
Question again proposed.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make further provision with respect to the development and welfare of colonies and other territories, it is...
Considered in Committee.
5.0 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 11, at the end to insert: having regard to the rates of interest applicable at the time for loans to local authorities in the United Kingdom by the Public Works...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 40, to leave out "in force" and to insert "made".
11.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E'. Wakefield.]
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